He was not born to shame.
Upon his brow shame is ashamed to sit;
For 'tis a read more

He was not born to shame.
Upon his brow shame is ashamed to sit;
For 'tis a throne where honor may be crowned
Sole monarch of the universal earth.

What do you regard as most humane? To spare someone shame.

What do you regard as most humane? To spare someone shame.

Shame is an ornament of the young; a disgrace of the old.

Shame is an ornament of the young; a disgrace of the old.

Being ignorant is not so much a shame as being unwilling to learn.

Being ignorant is not so much a shame as being unwilling to learn.

Let us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think.

Let us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think.

Mort de ma vie! all is confounded, all!
Reproach and everlasting shame
Sits mocking in our plumes.

Mort de ma vie! all is confounded, all!
Reproach and everlasting shame
Sits mocking in our plumes.

A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying... that read more

A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying... that he is wiser today than yesterday.

The guilty catch themselves

The guilty catch themselves

Common sense hides shame.

Common sense hides shame.